1076.
The Quest of the Bellamy Jewels
by
Natalie Barkas
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1956
Octavo.
Light green paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1077.
The Quest of the Luck
by
Lewis Ramsden
Published by Collins circa 1936
Blue boards with black lettering and decoration.
Covers and spine unevenly faded, otherwise very good.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1078.
The Rain Forest
by
Armstrong Sperry
with illustrations by
Armstrong Sperry
1st edition,
published by The Bodley Head in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
191 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, green and black on white.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1079.
The Rat War
by
Elsie McCutcheon
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1985
ISBN: 046006181X.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1080.
The Rebellion of the Upper Fifth
by
Dorothy Dennison
1st Thus edition,
published by Lutterworth in 1949
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Prelims and edges of page block heavily foxed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1081.
The Reindeer and the Drum
by
Rosalind Kervin
1st edition,
published by Abelard in 1980
ISBN: 0200726765.
Blue covers.
Silver lettering on spine.
A young girl visits her Lapp cousins and learns how people live in the Arctic.
Labels on prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1082.
The Reindeer and the Drum
by
Rosalind Kervin
1st edition,
published by Abelard in 1980
ISBN: 0200726765.
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Descriptions of life in the Far North
herding reindeer.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1083.
The Rifle Rangers, or Adventures in South Mexico
by
Thomas Mayne Reid
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1925
Blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1084.
The Rival Schools of Trentham
by
Dorothy Dennison
with illustrations by
A. Lambe
Reprint,
published by C S S M circa 1957
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
202 pages.
Black and white line illustrations.
Some wear to covers.
Light spotting on front endpaper.
Mark where back pastedown has been repaired and re-glued.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1085.
The River
by
Roy Brown
with illustrations by
James Hunt
Reprint,
published by Abelard in 1972
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price clipped.
Light wear to covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Tape marks on pastedowns.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1086.
The River and the Forest
by
Juri Korinetz
1st British edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340206136.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1087.
The River and the Forest
by
Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340206136.
Translated from German by Anthea Bell.
Blue covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label on front pastedown.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1088.
The River Kings
by
Max Fatchen
with illustrations by
Clyde Pearson
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1966
Blue covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to dustwrapper, and two short closed tears.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Name at top of front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1089.
The Riverton Boys
by
K. M. Eady
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1929
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
228 pages.
Two colour plates, illustrator not credited.
Covers show some signs of wear.
Spine discoloured.
Lettering and decoration on spine faded.
Prize label on front paste down.
Inner hinge loose.
Guttering exposed between title page and frontispiece.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1090.
The Robbers
by
Nina Bawden
with illustrations by
Charles Keeping
1st edition,
published by Gollancz in 1979
ISBN: 0575026952.
Blue covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1091.
The Robbers' Cave
by
A.L.O.E.
Reprint,
published by Nelson circa 1920
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light blue decoration on covers.
200 pages.
Four colour plates.
Covers clean.
Some foxing on prelims and rear pages.
Contents mostly clear.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1092.
The Roman Mysteries Omnibus
by
Caroline Lawrence
1st Thus edition,
published by Orion in 2005
ISBN: 9781842555033.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Contains:
"The Thieves of Ostia",
"The Secrets of Vesuvius", and
"The Pitates of Pompeii".
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1093.
1094.
The Runaway
by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor
with illustrations by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor
5th edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1950
Light blue paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Reverse of dustwrapper a little darkened.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Binding sound.
Contents slightly tanned, but otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1095.
The Scarlet Man
by
Frederick H. Wiseman
with illustrations by
George Lane
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1959
Blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Sunday school presentation message crossed-out on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1096.
The School at Schellebelle
by
Gertie Evenhuis
with illustrations by
Rien Poortvliet
1st Thus edition,
published by Kestrel books in 1975
ISBN: 0722652224.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Labels on prelims.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1097.
The Scout Annual 1965
Published by C. Arthur Pearson in 1964
Edited by Rex Hazlewood.
Quarto.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges but not price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned at edges.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1098.
The Secret of Brick House
by
May Wynne
1st edition,
published by Ward Lock in 1937
Blue boards with dark blue lettering and decoration.
Spine strip faded, with some damge to top 5cm.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1099.
The Secret of the Silver Bottle
by
Caleb Hawker
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1960
Blue covers with red lettering.
Thistle desgin on covers.
Frontispiece by Betty Ladler.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Pages tanned.
Front endpaper missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
1100.
The Secret Seven Adventure
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
George Brook
Published by Brockhampton Press in 1957
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Name in Belongs To box.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)